On the cognitive dissonance of right wing policies
Just a quick book mark of this and also
http://www.rsablogs.org.uk/2011/social-economy/big-society-battle-cognitive-dissonance/
There are two lessons for Government here. First, its emphasis on individual blame (e.g. ‘welfare scroungers’ or ‘greedy public sector workers’) as a means of building public support for austerity has had the effect of damaging social ties and made it harder to persuade people to work together to tackle social problems. In this sense, the Government’s own rhetoric is destroying the ground on which a Big Society should be built. ... Citizens, civil society organisations and public services are interdependent.
Much more to say on this, but it needs some careful thought first.20 Musley Ln, Ware
Hence children are living in poverty because their parents don't work hard enough and scrounge off the state but it's not our problem because we're too busy trying to pay the mortgage to have any time to worry about other people. Until those kids grow up to be old enough to lob a brick through our window.
"Eat the rich", "Welcome to the future. Nothing's changed.", "Demand nothing. Take everything.", etc etc,